At the Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District's board of directors meeting yesterday, Civil engineer Cory Steinke reported that Lake McConaughy was at a volume of 1.33 million acre-... Read More

Scotts Bluff Area Visitors Bureau Executive Director Brenda Leisy says she is using a five second video to market the area in Canada and New York.
Leisy says the state of Nebraska is focusing their out of state marketing efforts this year in Canad... Read More

LINCOLN, NE, March 2, 2015 -- For the month of February 2015, temperatures averaged below normal across the eastern two-thirds of the State, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Snow cover was light as the month came to... Read More

A guilty verdict for Dustin Chauncey was priceless for the family of Juliette Geurts, but the trial had at least a $5,000 price tag for the Scotts Bluff County Sheriff's Office.
Sheriff Mark Overman says that his deputies had to fly to Texas and I... Read More

Lyons, NE - USDA's National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) recently announced that the deadline for producer applications for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) has been extended to March 13, 2015.
While CSP is a continuous sign-u... Read More

About 1,000 tons of contaminated soil from the Love Canal environmental disaster in New York is being shipped by rail to Kimball for incineration after backlash over a disposal plan in Canada.
The Lincoln Journal Star reports that Glenn Springs Ho... Read More

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is withdrawing its 2008 proposed rule that would have amended the regulations regarding the introduction (importation, interstate movement, and environmental release) of certain genetically en... Read More

Lincoln, Neb., March 2, 2015 -- U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer of Nebraska will be the keynote speaker at the annual Nebraska LEAD (Leadership Education/Action Development) Program recognition banquet March 13.
Fischer’s address will provide insight on... Read More

Scotts Bluff County Commissioners Monday approved final payment for the MAX Dispatch system, which has been in use at the Communications Center since last June. The Zetron MAX system employs advanced next generation IP-based features and functionalit... Read More